mind your mind

Attention:   Psychologists define attention as a cognitive-behavioral process of maintaining the focus on a particular stimulus neglecting other perceivable stimuli. Division of the attention by the space and time: In my childhood I used to get fascinated seeing the magnifying glass burning a piece of paper when kept beneath the sun. One day I competed with my friend for burning a dot on the paper in shortest time. We made 2 dots on the paper close to each other, Point A and B. I selected point A and my friend selected point B. I was unable to keep hand holding the lens still. When my hand moved near or distant from the paper the area of the focus widened and point B also came into the focus. when my hand moved sideways the focus shifted between point A and point B. The heating of the point A was ineffective and I lost the bet.   I slowly understood that, for the Point A to be burned effectively, point B should not share the space or time dedicated to heat point A. In ot...

  We are all conscious beings. The question is where is our consciousness located? when did our consciousness originate? Manifested consciousness As per the medical science, the diencephalon (a part of the brain) is the seat of human consciousness. Clinicians describe the consciousness as the awareness and ability to respond to external and internal stimuli. The parameters they use to measure the level of the consciousness are eye opening (E), verbal response(V) and motor response (M) [Glasgow coma scale]. It means clinicians take the objective parameters into consideration while assessing the consciousness. Unmanifested consciousness: A newborn doesn’t fulfill the criteria of Glasglow scale to declare itself conscious. However, it's each and every organ responds to changes in its internal and external environment even before the brain starts functioning fully in the mother’s womb. In fact, brain is last organ to develop in the fetus. The consciousness about which the me...

  For a biologist consciousness generally means being awake having ability to perceive sensations from the surroundings and within the body. In spiritual dimension consciousness means something beyond this.   Once there was a father and a son. One day they went to the fields during the night. The father gave a lantern to his son and he took another one for himself. They both went in two different directions. By the time they returned, the father’s lantern was still bright but the son’s lantern was dull . The son put all the efforts to keep his lantern bright ,but no use. This repeated daily. Then the son asked the father “Why is this daily happening to me? What needs to be done? Then the father gave five tips   for better illumination of the lamp. 1 Put quality oil in the lamp – the quality of the oil decides the quality of flame. 2 If the glass is left loose , it will be smoked 3 Be vigilant about what you use to shine the glass, it may cause scratches an...

A man was sitting restless and disheartened at his home remembering his boss, who didn’t promote him. He made every effort to calm his mind by having tranquilizers, and by pouring out his frustration infront of his friends. Meanwhile the repeated whistle of the pressure cooker in the kitchen irritated him. He shouted at his 5-year-old son asking him to put off the sound. The boy wondered why he was being shouted at by his beloved father. The boy went into kitchen and tapped on the valve of the nozzle. It was quiet for some time. After some time, the pressure increased in the cooker and it again started whistling. He tapped it once again and it was quite for sometime again.This happened repeatedly. Then the boy applied pressure with his hand. He felt the pressure is mounting up inside the pressure cooker. He understood that the lid may blow off any time if he continues to put pressure on the nozzle.   Then he started searching for alternatives. In that process he found out the c...